Table-cutlery



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TABLE CUTLERY.

No. 269,277. Patented Dec. 19, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

JAMES J). FRARY, on BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

TABLE-CUTLERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,277, dated December 19, 1882. Application filed October 2, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES D. FRARY, of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairlield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Table-Cutlery; and l do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure l, a side view of the knife complete; Fig. 2, the blade and tang as prepared for easting the handle thereon; Fig. 3, a transverse section of the mold in which the handle is cast; Fig.4, a transverse section through the finished handle.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of table-cutlery in-which the handles are made from metal, and particularly to such metal handles as have a cavity or sunken recess on opposite sides of the handle for the purpose of reducing the weight. These handles are usually forged as a part of the blade, the handle part being struck in (lies so as to form the recess, then polished and plated. While this makes admittedly the best kind of solid metal handles, it is a very expensive knife to manufacture, because of the labor necessary to polish the recess in the sides of the handles.

The object of my invention is to cheapen the construction of this class of handles, and yet preserve the advantages of the hard metal; and it consists in constructing the blade and tongue from sheet-steel, the tongue extending throughout the handle, a flat metal border cast thereon, leaving the surface of the steel tang exposed to form the panel or bottom of the recess in the sides of the handle, as more fully hereinafter described.

The blank for-the cavity I cut, as seen in Fig. 2, from sheet-steel, the tang A as a part of and in the same position with the blade B, the tang of the same shape as the exterior'of the handle to be produced. Near the edge of the tang I make numerous perforations, a, sufficient in size for white or similar metal to run freely through.

I prepare a mold corresponding to the complete knife, and through the handle portion, shaped as seen in Fig. 3, the cavities in the mold corresponding to the tang and the rib which is to be around the'tan g. The tang is placed centrally in the mold, then white or similar metal poured therein flows through the v holes in the tang to unite the two sides, and forms a rib, b, around the handle, as seen in section, Fig. 4, leaving the surface of the steel exposed, the two ribs 1) united through the tang by means of the perforations, the edge of the steel tang exposed on the edge of the handle,

as also seen in Fig.4. The bolster, if one be required, is also included in the mold, and cast from the same metal as the rib around the Mn dle. Prer'ious to casting, the surfaces of the tang are polished on the wheel or otherwise, so that when coming from the sand the surfaces are substantially ready for plating, and only require that the rib shall be finished. This construction leaves the edge of the steel tang exposed around the edge of the handle, to protect the soft-metal part of the handle from injury.

The knife is plated in the usual manner, and presents the appearance of a forged handle, but is produced at a comparatively small cost.

While I prefer this method of construction, the tang may be made slightly less in extent than the finished handle, and the ribs overlap the edge. In that case the perforations may be dispensed with, but the steel-surfaced panel will still be present.

I claim-- 1. The herein described improvement in table-cutlery, consisting in the handle and tang made in one and the same piece from sheetsteel, the tang extending through the handle portion, with a cast metal rib around theedge and on opposite sides of the handle, to form a recess on the said opposite sides of the handle, of which the surface of the tang will form the bottom, substantially as described.

1 2. In table-cutlery, the blade and tang formed in one and the same piece of sheet-steel, the tang in shape and size corresponding to the outline of the handle, with perforations around the edge of the tang, and cast-metal ribs on opposite sides to form the handle, the ribs on one side united to the ribs on the opposite side through the perforations in the tang, and so as to leave the edge of the tang exposed around the handle, substantially as described.

JAMES D. FRARY. Witnesses:

J 0s. 0. EAR-LE, JOHN E. EARLE. 

